Does Apple give Defective Iphone 4 replacements?

Hey everyone. To make a long story short, Im on my 2nd Iphone replacement (last one was overheating and had weird problems it shouldn't do).

Now my 2nd one works fine and all, but I have 1 question. The home button makes a weird clicking noise depending where I move it.

Let me explain further, lets say I move the home button down and it clicks, the only way I can make it click again is if I move it up, and if I move it up and decide to move it down, I hear the click, or If I move it the the left side-to-side it will click, vice versa. Its like when i move the button, there's thing clicking into place at North south east or west lol.

Now to go a bit further, it DOESN'T click in any sort of way if I shake the phone, or just barely touch the home button, and it doesn't look loose at all, so idk. It doesn't affect the performance of the phone because every time I click it, it works, 100% of the time.

I just was wondering if this IS INDEED A DEFECT, or is this something that is common for Iphone 4 users. And Im really contemplating on replacing it or not, because I don't want to get a screwed up replacement or 5k one lol, and I am thinking, that the button might adjust itself overtime but idk, its been over 3 weeks with this replacement so.......

Maybe its just me, idk, its something I can live with I just have that weird OCD, but I can live with it UNLESS IT A DEFECT that needs to be replaced and that shouldn't click what soever.

It just so hard to believe that I went 2 hours to my local Apple store, and I saw them take it right out of a black box with plastic and all, and it clicks lol? I don't have another right now to test so im thinking they all pretty much do this except a few.

Glad to hear that. I know I know OCD, but Im not judging the performance, i wanted to know if this was a DEFECT or not, but I just wanted to make sure it wasnt just me. I would hate to drive and go get another replacement lololol.

Someone in another thread said that all replacement phones so far are new, as it is too soon and they dont have refurbs yet. Is that true?

I got my Iphone 4 replaced the other day due to the camera lens being scratched (even though I have had it in a case), and the guy took it out of a generic black box, but as far as I can tell it is brand new.

It seems like you are just searching for any excuse to get a replacement..Your PHONE IS FINE stop wasting Apple's time!

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Trust me, im in no way looking for an excuse, it cost almost $30 in gas to go there and thats not the 4 toll ways, eating expense and etc. This is a last resort since others are not experiencing what i showed in the video, and i dont want to be screwed down the line if the problem persist.

I see nothing wrong with this. For god's sake, you are paying 2 to 3 hundred dollars on a piece of equipment, signing your life away for two years with a contract, and are tied to this handset for one year if your lucky, usually two years.

If you are not happy with it and feel that the button is defective, you should talk to a genius in the store. I've heard of loose home buttons but mine is ok so there might be something wrong with it. I got a 3G replaced for a little piece of dirt under the screen. Wasn't a big deal but the apple guy completely agreed that it shouldn't be like that and took care of it. Won't hurt to try and 30$ isn't bad , my closest store is 2 1/2 hrs. away.

Took it to the genius bar, got it replaced, couldnt have been better .

Here is my ONLY question, my serial now starts with 5k, not that I am worried too much, by I CLEARLY asked the rep was it a refurb or not, he said no, that 5k means the location it came from, and that this phone is "brand new" (he even opened it in the black box. So Im thinking it might be brand new, but come from a refurb factory. Idk, someone clear me up on this.

Took it to the genius bar, got it replaced, couldnt have been better .

Here is my ONLY question, my serial now starts with 5k, not that I am worried too much, by I CLEARLY asked the rep was it a refurb or not, he said no, that 5k means the location it came from, and that this phone is "brand new" (he even opened it in the black box. So Im thinking it might be brand new, but come from a refurb factory. Idk, someone clear me up on this.

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